Jeff Yater has ushered his meat-lovers concept from the barbecue competition circuit to two Indy-area restaurants. Now he wants to recruit wannabe franchisees with $500,000 and a passion for chicken, beef and pork.
Did the serial entrepreneur really "invent" voice mail? What's his tie to "Dr. Dunkenstein"? Why is lemonade so crucial? The CEO of ChaCha Search has answers.
Daniel Blanco took a serious shot at the restaurant biz, working 19-hour days as both a truck driver and owner of a South American eatery, with more on the way.
The legislation, assigned to a committee on Wednesday, would increase the maximum for venture capital tax credits from $500,000 to $1 million, helping high-potential startups attract outside funding.
Local companies are embedding stealthy video messages for high school and college students.
About 200 members of the Hackers and Founders group meet monthly—perhaps the most clear and strong signal that Indianapolis’ young entrepreneur community is reaching a tipping point.
The Indianapolis company expects the pact will boost revenue from $1 million now to more than $10 million in 2013.
Upstart firm helps its clients meet onerous content demands of social media, other online marketing channels.
Health reform entrepreneurship could brand Indiana as productive, healthy place for employers to operate.
Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a change in the culture, not just job creation.
The winner, StatsSquared, now will compete against other winners from cities worldwide in an online contest for the overall top prize.
Unlike past events in Indianapolis, this one features a panel of judges who will select a winning business idea, enabling a team to compete in a global online contest against other winners from cities worldwide.
Emilie Myers is getting all the practical experience she can handle as she and her mother (owner of Zionsville’s late The Pie Safe) try to push La Mie Emilie into the black.
The site allows users to create and save sales proposals online. Those sending the proposals then can track who is viewing the documents, which parts they’re examining and for how long.
Used to be a college student would work in the dining hall to make ends meet. For IUPUI students Gagan Dhillon, 18, and Sarb “S.J.” Singh, 21, the future is now.
Leave it to a couple of recent college grads to make money off of driving home the liquored-up.
Noting banking reform already has limited the pool of investors for private placements, Jeremy Hill expects regulators to tighten restrictions even more.
Indianapolis and surrounding counties have continued to show growth in the number of businesses during the recession.
What does Indiana have to show for the deluge of resources made available to would-be entrepreneurs in recent years—venture capital, angel investors, incubators and the like? Judging by the number of people taking the plunge into business ownership, not as much as might be expected.
One damper on Indiana’s entrepreneurial growth has been the shrinking of the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, which has lost half its support because of state budget woes. As soon as state revenue permits, the state should bring this key program back to its funding level of $37 million a year, or boost it even higher.
